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  • Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework” – Salon.com

    For her new book, “What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?,” veteran journalist Marianne Schnall interviewed high-achieving women about why the highest glass ceiling in the land is still in place. The following is taken from her talk… Continue reading

    Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework” – Salon.com
  • Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? | Salon.com

    …There is a reason, says historian and generational expert Neil Howe, why members of Generation X have been cast as perpetual adolescents. Their parents – “the Silent Generation” – originated the stereotypical midlife breakdown, and they came of age, and… Continue reading

    Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? | Salon.com
  • Some Great Advice: Stop Being an Asshole

    As often is the case, some great words from the listmakers at Cracked.com. Today, how the assholes in our society should catch up with the 21st century and stop being assholes. Listen: You’re an asshole. It’s who you are. But… Continue reading

    Some Great Advice: Stop Being an Asshole
  • 5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs | Cracked.com

    Another great list from our dear sisters and brothers at the Cracked.com Department for Telling Taxonomies and Queer Catalogs, wherein we learn that many famous songs have rather strange verses that have gone missing over time. Like the homosexual undertones… Continue reading

    5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs | Cracked.com
  • Celebrities Asking for $$$

    What do you think about big celebrities using Kickstarter to fund their projects? What do you think about this topic, brother and sisters of the Ether? Here is funny man Jon Lajoie poking fun at his celebrity comrades… And here… Continue reading

    Celebrities Asking for $$$
  • Centered and Whole

    Finding new metrics of success is not just for women. It is for women and men who want to be whole, centered, and happy human beings. That means being whole in mind and body, reason and emotion, work and family.… Continue reading

    Centered and Whole
  • A Psyche the Size of Earth ~ James Hillman

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions There is only one core issue for all of psychology. Where is the “me”? Where does the “me” begin? Where does the “me” stop? Where does the “other” begin? For most of its history, psychology… Continue reading

    A Psyche the Size of Earth ~ James Hillman
  • Can We Rethink the World?

    I know that we can rethink the world; moreover, I believe that we should. Henry Giroux and Brad Evans are both public intellectuals very well worth engaging. Please let me know what you think. I also recommend learning about the… Continue reading

    Can We Rethink the World?
  • Feminism as Humanist Praxis

    I’ve said many times across diverse social media that our society is inherently misogynistic. A big part of the oppressive structure of our institutions is the instantiation of a heteronormative dichotomy that harms both sides of the normative pole and… Continue reading

    Feminism as Humanist Praxis
  • It is a challenge, not only for the leader but for anyone of us trying to work through the loving struggle of being with others. Related articles Familiarity Breeds Contempt (amuseless.wordpress.com) Vulnerability: Bane or Blessing? (whisperbreath.wordpress.com) 11 Ways To Decrease… Continue reading

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  • Brad Evans and Henry Giroux Conversation (full)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Dr Brad Evans (Senior Lecturer in International Studies (Bristol) and Founder/Director of the Histories of Violence Project) and Dr Henry A. Giroux (Professo… See on www.youtube.com Related articles The Bad University Department (zeroanthropology.net) Dissent… Continue reading

    Brad Evans and Henry Giroux Conversation (full)
  • Dissent and Punishment in the Book of Life: Introduction to Henry Giroux’s “Youth in Revolt”

    Young people are demonstrating all over the world against a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services.1 In the fall of 2011, on the tenth anniversary of September 11,… Continue reading

  • How do #Millennials Define #Happiness? | Breathe and Smile

    Very good take on the situation from a GenY perspective with a link to the important notion of  “Betterness.” There used to be a ladder to success. It was the college→good job→marriage→house→family→cushy retirement. Sure, not everyone made it, there were… Continue reading

  • Knowledgable Compassion

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Compassion’s beauty arises in the moment you give a crying child a hug or sit down for a candid conversation with a friend about their recent struggles.  Compassion proves our humanity, showing our… Keith… Continue reading

  • Jumping to Judgment, Shipwrecked by Laughter

     “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” -Albert Einstein Source: flickr.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • Textimony 20121110b

    All Encompassed,   none apart or alone.   Love is this first sigh.   Love is that last gasp.   Love is always already the only word. Continue reading

  • Awakening blog

    Nice blog that I encourage friends to check out: Awakening. Continue reading